Gettysburg College sends six men to NCAA Swimming Championships

The Gettysburg College men's swimming team will send six athletes to the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, which will be held March 20-23 at Conroe Natatorium in Shenandoah, Texas.

The Bullets will compete in 11 events after earning NCAA "B" cuts in all 11.

Three of Gettysburg's athletes will compete in a total of eight individual events. Sophomores Mike Harmon and Jason Potter will compete in three individual events apiece while classmate Ashton Leyens will swim in two. Harmon is the top-ranked individual for the Bullets, checking in 11th in the 200-IM with 1:51.2.

Gettysburg will also compete in all three freestyle relays and is ranked the highest in the 400 freestyle relay, which enters the meet with the eighth-fastest time, 3:01.97.

Last season, the Bullets finished 14th in the team standings while all three freestyle relay teams captured All-America honors. The top-16 finishers in every event are named All-Americans.

They will be joined in the NCAA meet by McDaniel College's Brad Brooks, who won two event crowns and was named Most Outstanding Performer at the recent Centennial Conference Championships. In that same meet, Gettysburg won the team title, achieved 10 of their B cuts and set three school records as well as three conference and meet records.